he didn' t see them. She saw Sarah as a little girl, with scraped knees and a brilliant smile, following her around the first makes

ill. She had clawed her way to the top of a male-dominated industry, and her legacy was meant to be her daught

ect. She thought his humble origins would keep him grounded, a perfect complement to Sarah' s compassi

ssion grim. "Ma' am, I have more footage fr

from a different angle, raw and unfiltered. It s

made his announcement. He then walked to the edge of the stage, leaned down, and sp

, Sarah. You were

ecurity guards. "Get this

ped her, a sharp, cracking sound that echoed in the auditorium. Lily and J

the image, a strangled cry catching in her throat. Across Sarah' s skin were faint, but visible

her cries for her mother lost in the murmurs of the shocked crowd. The tab

see that? Tot

real Vance? What

saint for dealing

there for her. Tells you ev

adn't just taken her company. They had systematically, cruelly, and publicly destroyed her daughter. They

ong, proud. The woman in that video was a broken shell, terrorized and tormented into submission. What had Mark done to her beh

a fire that burned it away. This was not the ti

he said, her voice d

, ma.

be no going home. We go d

image of her daughter

he whispered to the cold